Findlaters men
Shane Smith by the grave of Frederick Rackham, Naracoorte cemetery, holding a brass plaque supplied by the Office of Australian War Graves to commemorate his Boer War service.

By Shane Smith This is my latest book on the military history of Naracoorte, this is my 5th book on Naracoortes military history the book is titled Findlaters Men, consisting 319 pages, over 20 photos and full nominal roll it covers the formation of the Naracoorte Half Squadron South Australian Mounted Rifles 1900/12. The title of the book is titled after Daniel Findlater who was a prominent member of the Naracoorte community and who owned land out the messamurray road. He instigated the formation, raised and was the commanding officer of the Naracoorte Mounted Rifles from 1900 to 1910. The members of the Naracoorte Mounted Rifles were part time soldiers, very similar to todays Army Reserve. Enlistment age was 18 to 35 and be minimum height of 5ft 6 inch and enlist for a period of 3 years, then every 3 years after that if you wished. The strength of […]

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Record turnout powers tournament success

The 60th Lucindale Easter Tennis Tournament was held over the Easter weekend in glorious sunshine.

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Tight tussle

Naracoorte Squash Club: Autumn pennant, Round 10

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KNTNA SCORES: ROUND 1

A Grade: Keith 49 (M Wachtel, P Pado) d Mundulla 37 (S Ashby, Z Grosser); Kingston 45 (E Orrock, T Nicolle) d Bordertown 40 (I Sneath, C Langley); Border Districts 51 (P Moyle-Read, R Pfitzner) d Naracoorte 41 (G Midwinter, G Collins).

A Reserves: Mundulla 48 (N Obst, A Mock) d Keith 44 (E Lamont, P Jones); Naracoorte 69 (B Sinclair, K Mott) d Border Districts 29 (A Proffit, M Kester).

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Big battles start off 2026 season

Mundulla had a slow start with Keith coming out and capitalising on their centre passes and turnovers.

Mundulla came out in the second quarter to try and win back as much of the ball as possible. However, Keith stayed strong and consistent.

Mundulla made changes at half time that made a big difference and they started the second half strongly.

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Clark and Todd take top honours

Another absorbing day of Bridge@Bowls took place last Thursday when 24 members battled it out in the pleasant surrounds of the Naracoorte Bowling Club.

Yet another brilliant effort from Jenny Clark, this time in partnership with Marjorie Todd, saw them take out first position in N/S with a solid 62%.

Marjorie has been in the placings for consecutive weeks, so that is most certainly a job well done. Second and third positions for N/S were filled by Jill Jacob/Jill Perkins and Christine McDonald/Helen Cox.

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Elaine wins Stableford round

Several Wednesdays of golf have slipped by with no reports being written, so here follows a summary of the results from the past four weeks.

A Stableford round was played on March 18. There were 19 ladies in the field competing for very generous prizes kindly donated by Wild Game Wine thank you to Mary and Guy for their ongoing support of the golf club.

Elaine Zerk was the winner with 39 points and Sandra Munn was the runner-up with 37 points.

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